Our Garden...

Our garden is beginning and we wanted to share it with you! A couple months ago, we started with basil plants and Isaac's been faithfully watering them and keeping our heat lamp shining on them at all the appropriate times. They've been living on his windowsill because of the coldness of the out of doors, but they've been growing steadily and are now each about 8-10 inches tall! We've transplanted them to bigger pots so they can keep growing even more. About three weeks ago, we put a few of the basil plants and a few rosemary seeds into the ground at Isaac's house, but the frost killed those pretty quickly. Then, two days ago on a beautiful sunny day, we put the rest of the basils outside to get a little sunshine and left them there overnight because it was supposed to stay super nice. Unfortunately, we woke up to frost the next morning, so we're not sure of the fate of our little basils, but hopefully they'll pull through. And if they don't, we'll just start again, right? We're just taking our turn at learning what every gardener learns at some point in their life...the delicate timing of the spring planting against the chance of the last frost.
Then yesterday, Isaac bought me some chive starts (the picture on the right) so I can start a tiny garden at my house! I've never had a garden before, so it's pretty exciting for me. I think we're going to try some carrots and cucumbers with them as well. And then maybe some sweet potatoes, more carrots, and probably a few other choice items can be planted in the vacant lot next to Isaac's house. We'll have to clear a couple spots at our respective houses before it can begin, but it'll be a fun first little gardening experience together! Saturday continued to be a full day as I said goodbye to Kellie, my friend who is moving to San Diego on Wednesday (she's on the far right, Morgan is in the middle). Isaac kept working on his bookshelf, which is looking so cool! Here's another stage picture of it...I'm so excited to finally get to show you the finished product! I think we have to give the paint one more day to fully set before that happens, but here's the last sneak peak...the base is remaining a surprise, however. He also bought an old, smaller table that he's going to refinish next. It's really a fantastic deal because Isaac gets fun projects out of the deal and I potentially get fun furniture. Love it! Here's another fun project of Isaac's from a couple of months ago. He just got inspired one day to draw and spent a few hours crafting this, which isn't finished yet, but it's pretty fun. The actual size is about five feet tall, to put it in prospective. It's the Tree of Good and Evil from the Garden. You should click on the picture and it will load it in a new screen so it's much larger and then you can see the detail. Notice how the leaves are attached to the branches...
Well friends, it is approximately 45 degrees and raining up here in Bellingham, WA this morning. We keep getting teased with the beautiful weather and then kicked back into the reality of April and May up here. Maybe summer will come soon...